Four persons died allegedly due to suffocation while cleaning a waste chamber at a private hotel in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain city, police said on Sunday.
Two other persons who entered the chamber to rescue them also fell ill and were hospitalised following the incident late Saturday night. Four persons entered the chamber to clean it but got trapped inside. After pulling them out, police personnel administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), but they could not be revived. Two other persons entered the chamber to rescue them and also fell ill. The deceased have been identified as Kamlesh Tamboli, Nitin Valmik, Manoj Meena and Wahid, the police added. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem examination, and the incident is under investigation.
The incident occurred around 11 pm on Saturday at Shri Ganga Hotel on the Ujjain-Dewas road, the officials said.
They have since been discharged, the police said. They apparently died of suffocation, Ujjain Superintendent of Police Pradeep Sharma told reporters. The four were taken to a hospital, where doctors declared them dead, Sharma said. They were taken to the hospital and discharged after initial treatment, police said.
